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    Thank you!

    Thank you!
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    Automatic coop doors: I'd love your input

    TexasWineGuy, The one I installed has been great too. Part of what I like about it is that if some part were to fail, years from now, I could replace it with a fairly inexpensive generic part and be back in business.
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    Need Help, Guidance, Advice on this egg hatching

    That all looks about right. It will take some time for the chick to recover from the hatching ordeal, they all do but this one might need a little extra. If he's still breathing now I think he'll be fine in short time.
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    Need Help, Guidance, Advice on this egg hatching

    I am certainly not an old hand here, but if it were me I'd do exactly what you suggested. I've had to do this with a few eggs and it worked well. Just be mindful of any veins. It's really not that tricky if you're careful. Best luck
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    What's the temperature where you are???

    Clear 39°F 4°C Humidity 100% I never paid any attention to the humidity until I started hatching eggs and monitoring the coop conditions. It really surprised me how wet the air is here.
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    Humidity drops during night time

    awalters09, Welcome to BYC! It's great you're doing this for your students, just the kind of thing that would involve and keep them interested. Susan Skylark's advise is spot on, imho.
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    What's the temperature where you are???

    Clear 37°F 3°C Humidity 100% Why a discussion of "dry hatching" is meaningless without noting the background humidity.
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    What's the temperature where you are???

    Clear 36°F 2°C Humidity 93% *this was earlier today
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    Maran Discussion Thread!!

    @ChickenShepherd_6116, Perhaps you'll find these links interesting too.. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/marans-genetic-and-how-to-breed-them-to-sop.1585860/ https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/black-copper-marans-discussion-thread.444381/ Chooksman aka joemarans knows more about...
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    20 years in the waiting…it’s happening!

    Ihadanidea, Welcome to BYC! Glad to see you're staying busy.
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    Purchasing fertilized eggs online

    Shipping eggs is really hard on them. I would recommend FedEx rather than USPS just from my experience. If you're trying to get a particular breed you may have to have them shipped but if you can find some you like locally you're more likely to have a better hatch rate.
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Kytera I agree with BlueTheBrahma, the one with the "eyebrows" looks to be a blue copper to me. Pressed for my best guess I'd say eyebrows is a cockerel and the other one's is a pullet.
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    Inkbird ITC-1000 temperature controller

    OKANOGAN_Chicken89, Welcome to BYC! This may well be useful information to anyone using the Inkbird ITC-1000, but this thread is a few years old so don't expect a response from the author
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    Rat proofing - how deep to bury hardware cloth?

    Nicole Bee, Welcome to BYC! If the layer of wood shavings or chips is deep enough, chickens will dig quite a ways down into whatever you use. I use rough wood chips and they have dug almost a foot into it. Hay is not recommended because it absorbs moisture and molds.
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    Rat proofing - how deep to bury hardware cloth?

    BonnieBlue I read a bit about using hot pepper because I liked the idea of something organic to detour rats. One study stood out however. Apparently the rats given access to both plain and spiced feed ended up preferring the feed with hot pepper.
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